Princeton unveils new Asian American studies class
Against the backdrop of rising student interest in an Asian-American studies program, students interested in the field will have a chance to pursue their interests in a new course next fall.
Taught by English professor Anne Cheng, ENG 224: Asian-American Law, Bodies and the Everyday will examine the role of Asian-Americans in American constitutional history, focusing on both specific court cases and how the law affects everyday life. Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge Denny Chin ’75 will attend many of the course’s meetings and help Cheng teach the course.
Campus diversity suffers under race-blind policies
Fifteen years ago, California voters were asked: Should colleges consider a student's race when they decide who gets in and who doesn't?
With an emphatic "no," they made California the first state to ban the use of race and ethnicity in public university admissions, as well as hiring and contracting.
Since then, California's most selective public colleges and graduate schools have struggled to assemble student bodies that reflect the state's demographic mix.
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Student petitions for Asian cultural center
Student groups are looking to bring something to Purdue that every other school in the Big Ten already has – an Asian Cultural Center.
Although Purdue has one of the most diverse campuses in the country, it’s one of the few schools to not have a cultural oasis for Asian students.
College of Health and Human Sciences sophomore Victoria Loong, vice president of the Asian-American Association, said the University not having a center is baffling.
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Loyola University to Host AAJA's J Camp in New Orleans
The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) today announced Loyola University's sponsorship of J Camp, a multicultural high school journalism workshop. Forty-two high school students from across the country will be selected to participate in the five-day program hosted by the university located in New Orleans, Louisiana from June 19-24, 2012.
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Asian Immigrant Women Workers v. Corporation
On Monday night, the Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies program (LACAS) hosted an event titled “Latina and Asian Immigrant Women Workers v. Corporations.”
The event, which took place at 6 p.m. in Lecture Hall 9, was sponsored by the Latin American Student Union, Asian Student Union and Asian Outlook, a campus magazine, with additional support from the Binghamton University sociology and Asian and Asian American studies departments.
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Asian Ams protest death of soldier
The Oklahoma State University National Asian American Movement is taking place from midnight on Wednesday to 11:45 p.m. Monday in protest of the death of Pvt. Danny Chen.
Chen died Oct. 3, 2011 in Afghanistan at age 19. He was harassed and beaten by his fellow soldiers before he was found shot in a guard tower in Kandahar Province.
The event, hosted on Library Lawn, will feature a banner reading, “What does it mean to be an Asian American?”
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U.S. Colleges Embrace Asian American Studies
Asian American Studies, an academic curriculum that looks at the experiences and contributions of the United States’ fastest-growing racial group, is expanding to more and more U.S. campuses. The field is also evolving as the nation’s Asian-American and Pacific Islander population becomes increasingly diverse.
“It’s important to study the Asian-American population if you really want to understand what the United States is,” said David Yoo, director of the nation’s largest program, the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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IU kicks off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
A presentation by an award-winning journalist, a festival of Asian-American films, an exhibit of Kabuki Japanese woodblock prints and a Chinese artist's first U.S. show are among the highlights for Indiana University's annual observance of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
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Asian American week begins at OSU
To celebrate Asian American week there will be a variety of activities displaying what being an Asian American means here at Oklahoma State University.
OSU's Asian American Student Association has 64 members and the Vietnamese American Student Association has about 30 members, said the president of AASA and the treasurer of VASA.
These two groups will spread awareness of some of the racial issues they face and cultural aspects to our university. Today, there will be a hate crime panel discussion with four panelists to voice their opinions per case.
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Brandeis to celebrate APA month through March
The Brandeis Asian American Students Association (BAASA), one of the university’s largest cultural organizations, is holding Asian Pacific American Heritage Month throughout March in celebration of campus diversity.
BAASA will host three major events:
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